A chairmanship aspirant in the forthcoming national convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Governor of Bauchi State, Mallam Isa Yuguda, said his tenure would ensure justice and equity to enshrine party supremacy and put an end to the various crises rocking the party.
He said his decision to contest for the party’s highest office stemmed from his understanding of power dynamism at the center has served as minister for six years and governor for eight years.
He gave this assurance while hosting executives and members Coalition of APC Support Groups in his office in Abuja. Attributing the crisis rocking the party in the last two years to injustice and relegation of the party structure, the former Minister of Aviation assured his guests that if he emerged as the chairman of the party, justice and equity would be guaranteed.
Yuguda who went philosophical on his aspiration said, “I felt I was strongly favored by the Almighty God who created us. I felt very strongly that rather than relegating myself to the bush where I am now to get a living to come back and offer myself because I know I have been favored.” He added that but for the zeal to serve the party and the country, he would not have returned to the murky waters of Nigeria politics which he described as ‘dirty’.
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The aspirant who said that he will not be a lame-duck party chairman noted “I was privileged to serve in Nigeria for six years as Minister and eight as governor. I think I have served long enough in the Villa to know the dynamism in the power at the center. I still have something to offer that will be meaningful. This is why I said let me give it a shot if it be, fine and good and if it doesn’t the Almighty Allah will not say you did not come out.”
Earlier, the Board of Trustee (BoT) Chairman of the Coalition, Mr. Tunde Imolehin, said there was a need for the party to build a foundation that would make it sustainable, hence the group resolved to support the aspiration of the former Minister to lead the party.
